"Are you crazy? The lake's frozen."
"Yeah, but it only like just froze. It's still all thin."
"But it's frozen. It's freezing!"
"Ya sayin' yer scaaaared?"
"No, it's just...you're going to get sick."
Standing at the edge of the lake, atop a small ledge overlooking it, Siobhan turned and gave the other three Adhara with her a look. She huffed, hands on her hips, and looked down her nose at them. Being up there made her feel very tall, so she may as well take advantage. "You're sayin' that like I'm the only one gonna do this. I'm tellin' ya, this is an initiation. A tradition! All Adhara do it at the first freeze. Proves yer toughness!"
"I think you're just being crazy, Siobhan."
"I think yer all just bein' wusses."
"Seriously, I've never heard of this being part of any sort of initiation thing."
"Really?" Siobhan scrunched up her face. "Rose told me last year it totally was, that I was the only one hadn't done it."
"Rose was probably pranking you."
Siobhan frowned, thinking back. Rose had been laughing an awful lot...
"Whatever. Look, I'll even go first, just to prove it ain't no thing, ya buncha cowards!"
"Siobhan, I really think you shouldn't--!"
But Siobhan had already yanked off her clothes, tossing the garments to her horrified companions, and before they could cry out another warning, she shouted out, "Watch!" before she hopped off the ledge--
And landed on her bare ass on the ice with a loud THUNK that had her rolling over in pain. "AWWWWFU--FUDGECRACKERS!"